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John Edward Williams

1922 - 1994

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John Edward Williams (August 29, 1922 – March 3, 1994) was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), which won a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Edward Williams has received more than 493,026 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Edward Williams is the 2,525th most popular writer (down from 2,169th in 2019), the 3,201st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,826th in 2019) and the 275th most popular American Writer.

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  • 490k

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  • 54.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Edward Williams ranks 2,525 out of 7,302. Before him are Suman Pokhrel, T. H. White, Praxilla, Bernard Werber, Margaret Fuller, and Heinrich Hoffmann. After him are John Mandeville, Jung Chang, Heinz G. Konsalik, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, John Edward Williams ranks 172. Before him are Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, Esther Lederberg, Maila Nurmi, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, Manshuk Mametova, and Otl Aicher. After him are Esther Brand, George Knobel, Raymond Franz, Hammer DeRoburt, Jean Malaurie, and Hilarion Capucci. Among people deceased in 1994, John Edward Williams ranks 127. Before him are Claude Akins, Derek Jarman, Zail Singh, Motoo Kimura, Stephen Cole Kleene, and Dean Rusk. After him are Frederick Copleston, Billy Wright, Joe Pass, William Conrad, Stanisław Maczek, and Lindsay Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Edward Williams ranks 3,201 out of 20,380. Before him are Reggie Jackson (1946), Divine (1945), Anne Ramsey (1929), Bill Nunn (1953), Margaret Fuller (1810), and John Wesley Hyatt (1837). After him are Zach Galifianakis (1969), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), David Petraeus (1952), Andrew Fire (1959), Laurie Metcalf (1955), and Johnny Carson (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Edward Williams ranks 275. Before him are Richard Wright (1908), Michael Bishop (1945), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Ron Kovic (1946), Donald E. Westlake (1933), and Margaret Fuller (1810). After him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), Katherine Jackson (1930), Alexandra Ripley (1934), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Andrea Dworkin (1946), and John Barth (1930).

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